Ὑποσχεῖν

to sustain

Translated by Ioannis Doukas27 Oct 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 40 words
[Meaning] to undertake, to be demanded, to suggest.1
"[...] to sustain an argument to the people in support of what has been done until then."2
And elsewhere: "[... him] sustaining the discussion of the office and displaying the good services."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑποσχεῖν· ὑπολαβεῖν, ἀπαιτηθῆναι, ὑποθεῖναι. τῷ δήμῳ λόγον ὑποσχεῖν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἄχρι τοῦδε πεπραγμένων. καὶ αὖθις· ὑποσχόντα λόγον τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἀναδειξάμενον.

Betacode
*(uposxei=n: u(polabei=n, a)paithqh=nai, u(poqei=nai. tw=| dh/mw| lo/gon u(posxei=n u(pe\r tw=n a)/xri tou=de pepragme/nwn. kai\ au)=qis: u(posxo/nta lo/gon th=s a)rxh=s kai\ ta\s eu)ergesi/as a)nadeica/menon.

Notes (3)

  1. The headword, illstrated by the first of the two quotations given, is aorist infinitive of the verb u(pe/xw (upsilon 405, upsilon 598, etc.).
  2. 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.269 (where the participle u(posxw/n occurs). ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
  4. 3Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

υ597Ὑποσφρησάμενοςhaving got scent ofυ598Ὑποσχέσθαιto be held out, to hold outυ599Ὑποσχεῖνto sustainυ600ὙπόσχωI would submitυ601Ὑπόσχωμενwe would subject
Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Dec 2022
  1. cross-references — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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